A rescue effort is underway to save 62 seafarers from Gough Island in the remote South Atlantic after research vessel Geo Searcher (IMO 8028498) struck rocks and sank on October 15th. The island is approximately 250 miles southeast of Tristan da Cunha. The South African Maritime Authority (SAMSA)...
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Incomplete safety procedures probably led to barge explosion, NTSB finds
The probable cause of an explosion aboard barge IB1940 on November 4th 2019 on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Illinois Marine Towing facility, Lemont, Illinois, was owner J O Equipment’s incomplete procedures, which had failed to incorporate the safety instructions included in the Facility...
Digitalization holds promise
In Global Maritime Issues Monitor 2020, from Global Maritime Forum, broker Marsh and the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), it was noted that the pandemic had shown digitalization to be a shortcoming in the industry. Some commentators said that digital technologies, had they been...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/digitalization-holds-promise/
Marine accident round-up : 16th October 2020
Bulk carrier Vega Dream (IMO 9532094) has set sail for the Philippines after leaving its anchorage off Western Australia’s Pilbara coast. The regional Health Department said the bulk carrier was given clearance by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to depart late on October 14th Seven crew...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/marine-accident-round-up-16th-october-2020/
Increase in liabilities at Skuld under Turkish Straits clauses
Skuld has reported “a slight uptick” in the number of cases concerning salvage services in the Turkish Straits region. Circumstances where the insurer had seen this happen were particularly where the vessel was unable to maintain the minimum required speed of 4 knots, a requirement set out in...
HFW helps captain deliver evidence from vessel-at-sea
Marine focused, London-based international law firm HFW has successfully acted for the owners of a vessel involved in a high-value collision case which was notable for two reasons – the first was that for the first time in the UK Admioralty Court it saw evidence provided remotely from on board a...
Container ship gets stuck in arctic ice
Container ship Malik Arctica (IMO 9618135) became stuck in polar ice off Greenland, according to Greenland shipping company Royal Arctic Line. The vessel was in no immediate danger. The ship’s owners said that the last time one of its ships got stuck in the ice was in 2007, when the Arina Arctica...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/container-ship-gets-stuck-in-arctic-ice/
Cargo from Dubai arrives in Haifa, Israel
A new international trade route began last week when the MSC Paris (IMO 9301483) dropped off eight containers of electronics, cleaning supplies, iron and firefighting equipment were unloaded in the port of Haifa, Israel, having been transported from Jebel Ali in Dubai in the UAE. Israel and the UAE...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/cargo-from-dubai-arrives-in-haifa-israel/
Pacific Dawn could become “floating community”
P&O Cruises Australia’s former cruise ship the Pacific Dawn (IMO 8521232) could find a new life as a floating community that would be anchored permanently in the Gulf of Panama. A company called Ocean Builders, with whom a key investor is American bitcoin entrepreneur Chad Elwartowski, also...
https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/pacific-dawn-could-become-floating-community/
Vessel headed for breakers’ yard cuts loose, grounds and buckles
During very heavy weather and sea conditions feeder container ship CMA CGM Jakarta (IMO 9265574) (formerly the Victoria Strait) broke loose from its tug during the night of October 9th. The tug had been towing it to breakers in Alang. The vessel then grounded on the coast of Vietnam. The CMA CGM...